The Big Push
I have so much to learn, the depth of my new persuits has really opened up mental doors. I decided for one to stop going to gun fights with a knife and teach myself to draw academically. My biggest perk artistically was my biggest vice. I tought myself to draw early via comic book art, and then refused to learn how to draw academically. My work is stylized and intense, but the subtle beauty of refinement wholy missing, so now I strive for reivention, and hopefully, when I am done, my knife will be a bayonette and my gun a precisely calibrated boom-stick. All is going well so far and improvement visible by each study. I will then be able to more acuratly depict the things that don't exist, while giving them weight in a world they will never see.
While wood carving is a whole other ball game. I am taking my un-refined talent(or drive as I would rather put it) and just exploring a new medium. Each piece just a conceived idea brought to life. It has been almost a year now since I picked up the craft and has been rewarding on all levels. I suppose having an internatially recognized father in the field doesn't hurt for a teacher, either. I wouldn't be half as prepared to execute my mind's creations without his guidance and support. Being in the hub of wood turning/wood art right here in PA doesn't hurt either. Taking further turning lessons from another sage as far a wood working goes, via a suedo apprenticeship is just the icing on the cake. As far as my age there are probobly very few as emersed as I am fortunate enough to be.
I am submiting two pieces into the next international juried AAW symposium down in Kansas and hopefully atleast one gets chosen. I was already accepted to rub elbows and work beside some of the best local, as well as some international artists at a three day workshop coming up in June that rounds out into an auction. And finally I have a small show coming up in May, that will be a three day show featuring all woodturning/wood art and considering there are people coming from a few different states it should be a fun time. It is good to feel recognized and I am anxious to see what I will be able to do in a few years.
While wood carving is a whole other ball game. I am taking my un-refined talent(or drive as I would rather put it) and just exploring a new medium. Each piece just a conceived idea brought to life. It has been almost a year now since I picked up the craft and has been rewarding on all levels. I suppose having an internatially recognized father in the field doesn't hurt for a teacher, either. I wouldn't be half as prepared to execute my mind's creations without his guidance and support. Being in the hub of wood turning/wood art right here in PA doesn't hurt either. Taking further turning lessons from another sage as far a wood working goes, via a suedo apprenticeship is just the icing on the cake. As far as my age there are probobly very few as emersed as I am fortunate enough to be.
I am submiting two pieces into the next international juried AAW symposium down in Kansas and hopefully atleast one gets chosen. I was already accepted to rub elbows and work beside some of the best local, as well as some international artists at a three day workshop coming up in June that rounds out into an auction. And finally I have a small show coming up in May, that will be a three day show featuring all woodturning/wood art and considering there are people coming from a few different states it should be a fun time. It is good to feel recognized and I am anxious to see what I will be able to do in a few years.